The Long Goodbye, October
This piece by Andrew Faiz is excellent and I underscored and marked much of it. Since I am 92, I know of which I speak.
It’s sadly true that some never get the chance to grow old while many are now hanging around too long. There are hard questions to be considered and I’m not sure there will be many answers.
A recent article stated that girls born this year could expect to live beyond 100 years. Whatever for? What does the length of time have anything to do with it?
When the body breaks down and the agony of age begins, what does it matter if the brain is still functioning? Isn’t it a sad comment on our times that laws are brewing for assisted suicide which I’m sure will include many of the elderly.
Mr. Faiz’s last sentence says it all: “We need to be strong and courageous as we age slowly.” And may I add, sometimes painfully?
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